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Five history professors will look at infusing History survey courses with resources that more deeply explore diverse perspectives on historical events. The organizing principle for the project will be to move somewhat away from breadth toward depth of coverage, allowing students to develop deeper understandings of important historical topics, themes, and questions. FollowShare on Tumblr

General Statistics (MTH 112), part of Elon’s core curriculum, will soon be infused with new modules that focus on diversity. By incorporating current data sets that address local and global diversity issues into the curriculum students will learn about both statistics and the variety of human experience. FollowShare on Tumblr

What resources are available to Elon faculty as they try to create inclusive classrooms? Every year CATL sponsors a number of workshops and discussions. One excellent resource, the webinar “Four Strategies to Engage the Multicultural Classroom,” is now available even for those who missed the original event. Mathew Ouellet and Christine Stanley hosted this webinar, which provides: a broad definition … Continue Reading →

Maggie Castor (’12) was involved with CATL’s first Elon Research Seminar from 2009-2011. This three-year seminar on Teaching Democratic Thinking brought together faculty, staff, and students from across the nation to develop interdisciplinary research projects on the selected theme. One project that Maggie was involved with was a reading group on radical research methods. The term radical research was used … Continue Reading →

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The Department of Sport and Event Management has developed a Diversity Inclusion Mentoring Program. With a database of over 35 regional minority leaders in the industry, the department is able to deepen conversations about diversity within the field while also creating meaningful relationships between students and working professionals. FollowShare on Tumblr

Elon’s Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies (PERCS) and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology are offering ANT386 Faces of Welfare. Fall 2012 marks the start of Project PERC’s second iteration, and The Faces of Welfare serves as the gateway course for a three-year, collaborative research opportunity for students. As a service-learning course students will ground their introduction to … Continue Reading →

Some courses more easily lend themselves to understanding multiple perspectives, global events and controversies, and multicultural issues because of their content. But “inclusive classrooms” are not just about course content; indeed, in terms of pedagogy, any faculty member can try to achieve an “inclusive classroom.” We know some things that a faculty member should not do if she or he … Continue Reading →